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				<h2>Texas Hold'em : Rules of the game</h2>
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					<a href="#bettingSection">Betting Structures</a>
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					<p>Hold 'em is normally played using small and big blind bets –
						forced bets by two players. Antes (forced contributions by all
						players) may be used in addition to blinds, particularly in later
						stages of tournament play. A dealer button is used to represent
						the player in the dealer position; the dealer button rotates
						clockwise after each hand, changing the position of the dealer and
						blinds. The small blind is posted by the player to the left of the
						dealer and is usually equal to half of the big blind. The big
						blind, posted by the player to the left of the small blind, is
						equal to the minimum bet. In tournament poker, the blind/ante
						structure periodically increases as the tournament progresses.</p>
					<p>When only two players remain, special 'head-to-head' or
						'heads up' rules are enforced and the blinds are posted
						differently. In this case, the person with the dealer button posts
						the small blind, while his/her opponent places the big blind. The
						dealer acts first before the flop. After the flop, the dealer acts
						last and continues to do so for the remainder of the hand.</p>
					<p>In no-limit hold 'em, players may bet or raise any amount
						over the minimum raise up to all of the chips the player has at
						the table (called an all-in bet). The minimum raise is equal to
						the size of the previous bet or raise. If someone wishes to
						re-raise, they must raise at least the amount of the previous
						raise. For example, if the big blind is $2 and there is a raise of
						$6 to a total of $8, a re-raise must be at least $6 more for a
						total of $14. If a raise or re-raise is all-in and does not equal
						the size of the previous raise, the initial raiser cannot re-raise
						again. This only matters of course if there were a call before the
						re-raise.</p>
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					<p>Play begins with each player being dealt two cards face
						down, with the player in the small blind receiving the first card
						and the player in the button seat receiving the last card dealt.
						(As in most poker games, the deck is a standard 52-card deck
						containing no jokers.) These cards are the player's hole or pocket
						cards. These are the only cards each player will receive
						individually, and they will only (possibly) be revealed at the
						showdown, making Texas hold 'em a closed poker game.</p>
					<p>The hand begins with a "pre-flop" betting round, beginning
						with the player to the left of the big blind (or the player to the
						left of the dealer, if no blinds are used) and continuing
						clockwise. A round of betting continues until every player has
						folded, put in all of their chips, or matched the amount put in by
						all other active players. See betting for a detailed account. Note
						that the blinds are considered "live" in the pre-flop betting
						round, meaning that they are counted toward the amount that the
						blind player must contribute. If all players call around to the
						player in the big blind position, that player may either check or
						raise.</p>
					<p>After the pre-flop betting round, assuming there remain at
						least two players taking part in the hand, the dealer deals a
						flop, three face-up community cards. The flop is followed by a
						second betting round. This and all subsequent betting rounds begin
						with the player to the dealer's left and continue clockwise.</p>
					<p>After the flop betting round ends, a single community card
						(called the turn or fourth street) is dealt, followed by a third
						betting round. A final single community card (called the river or
						fifth street) is then dealt, followed by a fourth betting round
						and the showdown, if necessary.</p>
					<p>In all casinos, the dealer will burn a card before the flop,
						turn, and river. Because of this burn, players who are betting
						cannot see the back of the next community card to come. This is
						done for historical/traditional reasons, to avoid any possibility
						of a player knowing in advance the next card to be dealt due to it
						being marked.</p>
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					<a href="#showdownSection">The showdown</a>
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					<p>If a player bets and all other players fold, then the
						remaining player is awarded the pot and is not required to show
						his hole cards. If two or more players remain after the final
						betting round, a showdown occurs. On the showdown, each player
						plays the best poker hand they can make from the seven cards
						comprising his two hole cards and the five community cards. A
						player may use both of his own two hole cards, only one, or none
						at all, to form his final five-card hand. If the five community
						cards form the player's best hand, then the player is said to be
						playing the board and can only hope to split the pot, because each
						other player can also use the same five cards to construct the
						same hand.</p>
					<p>If the best hand is shared by more than one player, then the
						pot is split equally among them, with any extra chips going to the
						first players after the button in clockwise order. It is common
						for players to have closely valued, but not identically ranked
						hands. Nevertheless, one must be careful in determining the best
						hand; if the hand involves fewer than five cards, (such as two
						pair or three of a kind), then kickers are used to settle ties. A
						kicker is a card which is part of the five-card poker hand, but is
						not used in determining a hand's rank. For instance, in the hand
						A-A-A-K-Q, the king and queen are kickers. Note that the card's
						numerical rank is of sole importance; suit values are irrelevant
						in Hold'em. The last player to bet is the first player to show his
						hand.</p>
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